{"id":34449,"date":"2016-05-09T06:19:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=34448"},"modified":"2016-07-21T23:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T03:26:13","slug":"bono-and-the-psalms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/05\/bono-and-the-psalms-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Bono and the Psalms"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Set-Book-Psalms-Pocket-Canons\/dp\/0802136753\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462463201&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bono+psalms&amp;linkCode=li1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=f67f98ba26488e61aa64efc4f46af216\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0802136753&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=li1&amp;o=1&amp;a=0802136753\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">Having organized a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/04\/a-service-of-sacred-music-and-rock-prayers.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">service that incorporated music by U2<\/a>, I was excited to see soon afterwards that Bono was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/05\/bono-and-eugene-peterson-on-the-psalms\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">collaborating with Eugene Peterson<\/a> on a project focused on the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1NZEs2A\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See recent pieces in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bono-wants-christian-music-to-get-more-honest_us_5720f787e4b0f309baef690d\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/johnpavlovitz.com\/2016\/04\/29\/bono-called-out-christian-musicians-for-a-lack-of-honesty-he-didnt-go-far-enough\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Pavlovitz\u2019s blog<\/a> for more details, as well as the video below.<\/p>\n<p>Of related interest, Jeff Carter was involved in a Bob Dylan church service. See <a href=\"http:\/\/thatjeffcarterwashere.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/do-right-to-me-doesnt-get-it-right.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">his post on the song \u201cDo Right By Me\u201d<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/thatjeffcarterwashere.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/knockin-on-heavens-door-gospel-and-bob.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the videos from the service that he shared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bono &amp; Eugene Peterson | THE PSALMS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-l40S5e90KY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having organized a service that incorporated music by U2, I was excited to see soon afterwards that Bono was collaborating with Eugene Peterson on a project focused on the Psalms. See recent pieces in the Huffington Post and John Pavlovitz\u2019s blog for more details, as well as the video below. 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